Silicon Overdrive Founders Series
What does it really take to scale a fintech from startup to profitability in Africa, and do it publicly listed? Colin Iles sits down with Charles Savage, CEO of Purple Group and founder of Easy Equities, for a wide-ranging conversation on the journey from near-collapse to R90 billion in assets on platform, 1.2 million customers, and a business now generating R100 million in free cash flow. They cover the ZARU stablecoin launch, Revolut's arrival in South Africa, funding a startup on the JSE, partnerships with Discovery, Sanlam, Capitec and Satrix, and why Charles believes AI will define the next decade the way smartphones defined the last.